Hatem Ben Arfa has only just found his way back into the French national team set-up after a good season at St James’ Park so news that the former Marseille man may have undone all that hard work with a few misplaced words is not good news for the winger.

France played woefully against Sweden and may pay the ultimate price as they take on Spain on Saturday.

Unlike some previous France national team coaches Laurent Blanc is not someone who is likely to be bossed around by his stars, the former centre back will not take abuse lightly and Ben Arfa may well have played his last minutes of Euro 2012 as a result of his outburst.